Isaac Herzog, the Israeli minister of Welfare and Social Services and minister of the Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism, will deliver the Rudnick Endowed Lecture on the role of Israel in world affairs and on the ongoing peace process at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4 in Fleishman Commons at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy.
Herzog is no stranger to the Duke campus. He was a visitor in the mid-1990s when he worked to establish the North Carolina-Israel Partnership, a cooperative effort that stimulates trade and exchanges in business, academia, arts and culture, education and social services. Duke religion professor Eric M. Meyers urged the Rudnick committee to invite Herzog to return to the campus.
"Isaac brings a level of engagement in Israeli politics and society that is rare," says Meyers, the director of Duke's Center for Jewish Studies, which is sponsoring the lecture with the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development. "He can address the peace process and politics from his own experiences. He has an international status. This is a special visit for him to return to North Carolina."
The son of the late Israeli President Chaim Herzog, Isaac was elected to the Knesset in 2003 and has served as a member of the Knesset finance and internal affairs committees, as well as the Labor Party Parliamentary Group Whip. His legislative interests have ranged from tourism to drug control.
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Lecture: Isaac Herzog 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4 Fleishman Common, Sanford Building Information: bitly/30osRr